In-state college tuition to state schools available nation-wide to DC residents?

[Anonymous]

Every time this program is up for renewal, it gets a rough time in Congress and it just pisses me off. There are certain congresspeople who hate for the District to get ANYTHING (let's not even talk about voting rights). There was a report prepared on this program, and it showed the cost to be miniscule relative to other programs, AND it showed that the majority of recipients were the first member of their families to go to college! A program that's effective and cheap; who knew such a thing existed? But since it helps DC residents, it's a struggle to get it renewed every time.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Every time this program is up for renewal, it gets a rough time in Congress and it just pisses me off. There are certain congresspeople who hate for the District to get ANYTHING (let's not even talk about voting rights). There was a report prepared on this program, and it showed the cost to be miniscule relative to other programs, AND it showed that the majority of recipients were the first member of their families to go to college! A program that's effective and cheap; who knew such a thing existed? But since it helps DC residents, it's a struggle to get it renewed every time.

Write them all; call them all. and hassle local media too. Be vocal, or you will lose out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:21:23 Is there a proposal to end the program? That would be a shame, families have been staying in D.C. to take advantage of this!

No proposal to end it, but times being what they are and given that the money comes from Congress, there are always concerns that it will get cut. Eleanor Holmes Norton and Tom Davis got it through in 1999, and it was extended to 2011.

http://www.norton.house.gov/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=538
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/R?r110:FLD001:H04919

The idea behind the program is that DC doesn't have a state university system, which means DC students don't access to the sort of high-quality, low-cost education available to students in most other states.

Agree with earlier poster -- if you want to see it continued, make some noise. Unfortunately, the city council has nothing to do with it. And we don't have a voting rep in Congress. So, basically, talk to Rep. Norton.

Thanks for clarifying; I am sure the city council buddies around with Norton tho--let them all know. I took a few classes at UDC this summer; wow--I would love to endorse. However, the bureaucracy is maddening. One really good teacher. One terrible vindictive witch teacher. All very through the looking glass with no appeals, and TOTAL disorganization. The department where I took my classes (for fun) now being disaccredited. My heart goes out to all my really wonderful felllow students trying to make it work there. YES--the children of DC need quality state options long into the future. UDC will take that long to be a viable competitor to say, a UVA or a CA. state school.